[or-roots] Posting from 1st time user

[kat1928 at integrity.com]

Quoting Roger <roger at efn.org>:

> Hi Poesgirl.
> I think that Jon's message was more a reminder for the 'old-timers' of the
> group.  It wasn't directed at you.
> The list can get pretty set in their ways, when someone new comes along,
> people tend to reply the way they always have.  Unfortunatly, that can
> come across the wrong way to new listers.
>
> Roger
>
> > In a message dated 5/26/2005 1:20:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > JNCRIDGE at aol.com writes:
> > While the reply from PoesGirl provided some useful information, it could
> > have
> > been much better.
> >    1 The negative remark about Walt Davies was not necessary.  It is a
> > great
> > discourtesy to the other list members to start a flame war.
> > Walt is an old curmudgeon - don't blush Walt! - and shows the
> > characteristic
> > impatience of people who know they have limited time left, when someone
> > wastes
> > their time.  Walt is also a tremendous source of information I have not
> > seen
> > provided by anybody else. Part of genealogical research does involve
> > extracting information from people who have it, and life's pains are not
> > tranformed
> > into bliss merely because you have presented your email.  Deal with it.
> >
> >    2 Each person was new to genealogy at one time.  What Kay Profitt
> > needed
> > was not answers; what was needed was instruction about how to find the
> > information.
> >
> >    3 It would save a lot of time if we could, as a group, develop
> > instructions for newbies, letting them know how to post and how to do
> > research, and then
> > have listmom make the information available as a distinct web page.  The
> > tips
> > might include.
> >     A. Typing in capital letters is called shouting.  It is considered
> > rude,
> > as it is more difficult to read. SO PLEASE DON'T DO IT ANY MORE.
> >     B. You will get better results if you provide appropriate levels of
> > information.  If you ask for help finding Dave Jones in Oregon, you may
> > not get any
> > response.  If you ask for help finding David P. Jones, born in Benton Co.
> > in
> > 1917, lived in Salem in the 1960's, married to Agnes Phillips, you may
> > hear
> > from a cousin in short order.  Names of parents, siblings, spouse,
> > children, and
> > date of birth, marriage, death, places born and lived, are all important.
> > State if you are sure about some facts, and wish to verify others.
> >     C. If you get information over the internet, put the source of the
> > information in your documents, and don't take credit for another person's
> > work.
> > Don't assume that all information you receive is correct, especially if no
> > sources are cited.  Not everybody came over on the Mayflower.
> >     D. Have fun with it.  There are a lot of really nice people working on
> > their family histories, and it can be exciting when you solve some of the
> > puzzles.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jon Ridgeway, Seattle
> >
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> > Well gee, I'm sorry my information wasn't useful enough for you, hope it
> > is
> > for Kay.   You will notice I've given her nothing but original sources and
> > I'm
> > showing her how to research by example because I have the sources and she
> > probably doesn't yet,  while you pontificate.  Might be the right Buck,
> > might not.
> > Who is typing in Caps?  You people are too funny.
>
>
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Age is no excuse for rudeness.  I am an "Old Codger" too but I don't shout at
someone trying to learn how to research.  Maybe the researcher hasn't all that
information.  That is my case and everyone has to start somewhere.


Dorothy
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